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1-7 February 2026

Ben Gurion Airport, 1-7 February 2026: 80.8% On Time, 30 Cancellations

Total Flights
2,211
Unique physical flights
On Time
80.8%
Up from 78.5% the week before
Cancelled
30
1.4% of total · was 70
Avg. Delay (min)
57.5
Delayed flights only

Summary

In the week of 1-7 February 2026, Ben Gurion Airport recorded 2,211 flights. Only 80.8% of flights were on time (within 15 minutes of scheduled time).

30 flights were cancelled (1.4% of total). The average delay for delayed flights was 57.5 minutes.

Compared with the previous week: on-time performance improved from 78.5% to 80.8%, and cancellations dropped from 70 to 30.

Key Takeaways

  • Transavia leads with 100.0% on-time performance (36 flights)
  • Highest cancellation rate: Lufthansa with 12.7% (7 flights cancelled)
  • Most popular route: DUBAI with 200 flights
  • Most delayed route: ADDIS ABABA (only 66.7% on-time, avg. delay 38.8 min)
How we count

Codeshare Deduplication

Statistics show unique physical flights only. Each aircraft is counted once, even when marketed under multiple airline codes (codeshare agreements).

Airlines often sell seats on each other's flights. For example, one physical plane might be marketed as:

DL7768 (Delta) → LY315 (El Al - operates) ← AF5765 (Air France)

We count this as 1 flight, not 3, giving you accurate statistics about actual air traffic at Ben Gurion Airport.

How we count

Departures: 15 minutes of taxi are not counted as delay

An airline's schedule is the time the aircraft leaves the gate; the time published for a departure is the moment it takes off. In between it drives to the runway. 15 minutes are deducted from every departure before a delay is counted. Arrivals are not adjusted.

Without the deduction a flight that left its gate exactly on time is recorded a quarter of an hour late, and half of the flights counted as delayed had in fact landed at their destination within 15 minutes of schedule.

15 is the fastest take-off flights actually achieve, measured over 60 days: 11 minutes for the median flight number, 11 to 16 minutes in every hour of the day. It covers the drive to the runway and not the queue for it.

An estimate. The Israel Airports Authority publishes no gate-departure time, so the real figure can be bounded but not measured; 15 minutes is a floor measured across the whole day, so wherever the drive to the runway actually takes longer these figures still show more delay than there was.

A flight moved later the same day is one flight, late from its original time

When an airline cancels a slot and flies the same number later that day, it is counted once, and its delay is measured from the time that was cancelled, which is the time the passengers held. A flight moved earlier keeps its own delay: the feed does not say which of the two times was booked.

Data collected from the Israel Airports Authority and other sources. We do our best to ensure accuracy, but flight data changes frequently and minor discrepancies may occur. This information is provided for general reference only and is not a claim about any individual airline's service. Spotted an inaccuracy? Let us know and we'll review it.

Arrivals vs Departures

  Arrivals Departures
Total Flights
1,110
1,101
On Time
82.3%
79.3%
Avg Delay (min)
62.4
53.3
Cancelled
12
18

Delay Distribution

On Time (0-15m)
1,763 (79.7%)
Minor (16-30m)
206 (9.3%)
Moderate (31-60m)
113 (5.1%)
Significant (1-2h)
61 (2.8%)
Severe (2h+)
38 (1.7%)
Cancelled
30 (1.4%)

Top 10 Destinations

# Destination Flights Arrivals Departures
1
DUBAI
 200 100 100
2
ATHENS
 130 62 68
3
RAMON
 130 65 65
4
ROME - FIUMICINO
 83 41 42
5
BUDAPEST
 77 38 39
6
BUCHAREST - OTOPENI
 75 38 37
7
TBILISI
 74 37 37
8
PARIS-CHARLES DE GAULLE
 74 37 37
9
ABU DHABI
 70 35 35
10
SOFIA
 67 34 33
Most Punctual
Transavia
100.0% on time
Lowest On-Time Rate
Ethiopian
66.7% on time

Full Airline Ranking

# Airline On Time Flights Avg. Delay
1
Transavia
100.0% 36 0 min
2
Etihad
94.3% 70 167.0 min
3
United
89.7% 40 78.0 min
4
Lufthansa
89.6% 55 330.6 min
5
Aegean
86.4% 44 23.8 min
6
Wizz Air Malta
85.8% 128 36.3 min
7
flydubai
84.2% 139 33.6 min
8
Austrian
83.3% 30 24.8 min
9
LOT Polish
83.3% 30 29.8 min
10
El Al
81.5% 666 63.4 min
11
Wizz Air
77.4% 106 31.2 min
12
Arkia
77.1% 226 35.2 min
13
Israir
70.3% 188 70.4 min
14
Ethiopian
66.7% 36 38.8 min

Arrivals only

Landings at Ben Gurion only, airlines with at least 15 arrivals. On time = landed within 15 minutes of schedule.

# Airline On Time Flights Avg. Delay
1
Transavia
100.0% 18 0 min
2
Lufthansa
100.0% 28 0 min
3
Etihad
97.1% 35 312.0 min
4
Aegean
95.5% 22 17.0 min
5
Austrian
93.3% 15 24.0 min
6
Wizz Air Malta
90.6% 64 36.3 min
7
Wizz Air
86.8% 53 32.7 min
8
Arkia
85.7% 113 49.1 min
9
United
85.7% 21 79.3 min
10
flydubai
82.9% 70 35.6 min
11
LOT Polish
80.0% 15 32.7 min
12
El Al
77.7% 333 65.4 min
13
Israir
67.0% 93 89.7 min
14
Ethiopian
55.6% 18 32.9 min

Departures only

Take-offs from Ben Gurion only, airlines with at least 15 departures. The time we record is the moment of take-off, and 15 minutes of taxi to the runway are deducted before a delay is counted.

# Airline On Time Flights Avg. Delay
1
Transavia
100.0% 18 0 min
2
United
94.4% 19 74.0 min
3
Etihad
91.4% 35 118.7 min
4
LOT Polish
86.7% 15 25.5 min
5
flydubai
85.5% 69 31.3 min
6
El Al
85.2% 333 60.4 min
7
Wizz Air Malta
81.0% 64 36.2 min
8
Lufthansa
78.3% 27 330.6 min
9
Ethiopian
77.8% 18 50.8 min
10
Aegean
77.3% 22 25.2 min
11
Israir
73.6% 95 46.4 min
12
Austrian
73.3% 15 25.0 min
13
Arkia
68.5% 113 28.9 min
14
Wizz Air
67.9% 53 30.5 min

Cancellation Ranking

Airlines ranked by cancellation rate (minimum 50 flights)

# Airline Cancel Rate Cancelled Total
1
Lufthansa
12.7% 7 55
2
Israir
3.2% 6 188
3
United
2.5% 1 40
4
Arkia
1.3% 3 226
5
Wizz Air Malta
0.8% 1 128
6
El Al
0.3% 2 666
7
Aegean
0.0% 0 44
8
Wizz Air
0.0% 0 106
9
Transavia
0.0% 0 36
10
Austrian
0.0% 0 30
11
flydubai
0.0% 0 139
12
Ethiopian
0.0% 0 36
13
Etihad
0.0% 0 70
14
LOT Polish
0.0% 0 30

Using This Data?

In the week of 1-7 February 2026, Ben Gurion Airport recorded 2,211 flights; 80.8% operated on time (within 15 minutes) and 1.4% were cancelled. Transavia led the punctuality ranking with 100.0% — TLV Flights data. Source: https://www.tlvflights.com/en/flight-statistics/week-2026-02-01/
<a href="https://www.tlvflights.com/en/flight-statistics/week-2026-02-01/">Ben Gurion Airport Flight Punctuality Report — 1-7 February 2026</a>
Download the data (CSV)Airline performance, 1-7 February 2026 — the table behind this page.
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Behind the Numbers

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